1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Isle of Man) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 18th May 1989.
2. The provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall extend to the Isle of Man with the modifications specified in Part II of that Schedule.
3. Notwithstanding the extension of paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (which amends section 7 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 by the omission of subsection (2) thereof) the power of exemption given to the Secretary of State by that subsection shall continue to have effect in relation to any class of ship in respect of which it was exercised immediately before the date of that extension.
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council